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-SVf - r INSIDE oThe Tattooing is one of America's fastest growing categories of retail business, see Page 6. Volume 64 Issue 60 wsusignpost.com Monday, March 4, 2002 pdDSii: Legosflatoire dJesafls WSU tocjgjCn toirad By Tanna Barry editor in chief The Signpost The executive appropriations committee decided to raise first tier tuition by 3 percent and cut state funding to programs like the Master's of Business Administration in an effort to balance the budget. Even though legislators trimmed $202 million from the current year's budget, they came back from their Olympic break to find another $54 million shortfall. The executive appropriations committee decided to use $45 million of the $120 million rainy day fund to balance the 2002 budget. The remaining $9 million will come from agency program cuts. Higher education did not lose any more money from their 2002 fiscal year budget, but legislators decided to strip $10 million from the 2003 budget. The legislators decided to cut programs to raise money, despite confidence from Weber State University President Paul H. Thompson that all universities would proportionally share the budget cut. Laaaoo . jftnii - i - filar MM 1 f WSU ended up saving its technology program, which was marked for elimination by the executives appropriations committee, but lost funding for its Davis MBA program. "They want the executive MBA programs to be self funded," said Boyd Garriott, a legislative fiscal analyst. 'That means they won't put any state dollars into those programs. If it takes additional revenue to run it, universities will have to raise tu ition." Garriott said the executive committee's decision went against what was decided in the higher education subcommittee. Not only did that subcommittee want just a 3 percent first tuition increase, it wanted Utah's nine colleges and universities to share budget cuts proportional to their state funding so that no one program or school is targeted. Friday night's two-hour meeting changed all that when the executive appropriations committee approved the final budgets for 2002 and 2003. This decision possibly put WSU's MBA program at risk. "They have to come up with a funding source, but the program is still there," Garriott said. All committee members did not agree with the executive committee's decision. "I don't support cuts from higher education," Rep. Patrice Arent said. "It is possible to balance the budget without hurting higher education or public education." Thompson said he was disappointed by the committee's decision to not fund MBA programs. "We obviously prefer to have funding for the MBA program," Thompson said. "We have a very good MBA See Tough page 3 Student Activities to restructure By Casey Cummings campus affairs editor The Signpost Weber State University students wanting to apply strictly for Student Activities Council President will find it difficult under the new bottom up selection process used this year. The new process entails selecting the 40 chair positions first. After the 40 chairs get to know each other at conferences and retreats, they will then select among themselves eight director positions. The eight directors select the president. "We are very excited about the new bottom up process of selecting student leaders," said Russ Rampton, coordinator for student organizations. "It allows the students who will be working so closely together next year to pick the people who will be leading them." There are several reasons Student Activities is trying the new selection process. First, they feel that building from the bottom invites individuals to apply who are interested in the experience and opportunity, not just the compensation. They also feel that the president will be more likely to help a chair. Another advantage is for those people wanting to apply for president but not willing to risk not getting the position and then not being involved at all. Once a person is selected as chair they have nothing to lose if not selected for a higher position. Student Activities said they also think that See Restructure page 3 1 - j:v i- i jfj vva!..'", 5 ' , r:"T' If :; -. . jit. " 7 mi . X i v n jj ' And the band played on Dixieland Jazz plays in the Junction as part of Fun Food Friday, put on by the Shepherd Union Building. Every Friday, a different band will play, and food will be offered by Sodexho, both highlighting different culures around the world. University officials unsure whether Games brought in profit By Tanna Barry editor in chief 7ie Signpost It will take several weeks for the university to know whether the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games brought a financial profit. Not only did it cost money to provide services to the new people on campus, it also cost money to not have school in session. Without students on campus, the Wilderness Recreation Center lost S8.000, and campus eating facilities like the Junction had much less business during the break. John Knight, executive director of student life, said that while Weber State University rented out areas like the residence halls, it does not know if their payments outweigh the cost. Knight also said that departments like athletics suffered because they could not use the Dee Events Center for games. "To say what our actual expenses are is hard." Knight said. "We don't know that information at this point." They do know how much money they were contracted to receive from those renting portions of campus. Both the Salt Lake Organizing Conmiitee and the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command rented out areas in the residence halls for a total of $ 1 , 1 98,236. SLOC, which rented 330 beds in Promontory Tower and the North wing of Wasatch, paid $720,720 of that total. Meanwhile. UOPSC, which rented 96 beds in the first building of the University Village and 108 beds in the South wing of Wasatch, paid $417,516. "We basically became a hotel service," Knight said. "Our maintenance people had to be here 24-7." Knight said that the maintenance people had to make beds and clean the living quarters and bathrooms in addition to changing the towels three times a week and other duties. "We did all the things you would expect from a hotel," he said. However, housing was not the only group that rented out space during the Olympics. The Lindquist Alumni Center was leased to the Northern Utah Sports Foundation during the games, and SLOC rented both the east portion of W5 and the Dee Events Center. John Kowalewski, director of media relations, said the foundation leased the Alumni Center for $ 1 ,000 a day, which came to $ 1 3,(KK). The United States Curling Association then partnered with the foundation to sponsor a hospitality facility for receptions. "They leased it for the same price it would normally be rented for." Kowalewski said. Unlike housing, Kowalewski said the alumni center did not incur any additional costs. The foundation was responsible for any costs that came up when running the center. The parking lot. w hich was rented for $8,000 plus expenses, was used as a park and ride during the games. See Profit page 3

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-SVf - r INSIDE oThe Tattooing is one of America's fastest growing categories of retail business, see Page 6. Volume 64 Issue 60 wsusignpost.com Monday, March 4, 2002 pdDSii: Legosflatoire dJesafls WSU tocjgjCn toirad By Tanna Barry editor in chief The Signpost The executive appropriations committee decided to raise first tier tuition by 3 percent and cut state funding to programs like the Master's of Business Administration in an effort to balance the budget. Even though legislators trimmed $202 million from the current year's budget, they came back from their Olympic break to find another $54 million shortfall. The executive appropriations committee decided to use $45 million of the $120 million rainy day fund to balance the 2002 budget. The remaining $9 million will come from agency program cuts. Higher education did not lose any more money from their 2002 fiscal year budget, but legislators decided to strip $10 million from the 2003 budget. The legislators decided to cut programs to raise money, despite confidence from Weber State University President Paul H. Thompson that all universities would proportionally share the budget cut. Laaaoo . jftnii - i - filar MM 1 f WSU ended up saving its technology program, which was marked for elimination by the executives appropriations committee, but lost funding for its Davis MBA program. "They want the executive MBA programs to be self funded," said Boyd Garriott, a legislative fiscal analyst. 'That means they won't put any state dollars into those programs. If it takes additional revenue to run it, universities will have to raise tu ition." Garriott said the executive committee's decision went against what was decided in the higher education subcommittee. Not only did that subcommittee want just a 3 percent first tuition increase, it wanted Utah's nine colleges and universities to share budget cuts proportional to their state funding so that no one program or school is targeted. Friday night's two-hour meeting changed all that when the executive appropriations committee approved the final budgets for 2002 and 2003. This decision possibly put WSU's MBA program at risk. "They have to come up with a funding source, but the program is still there," Garriott said. All committee members did not agree with the executive committee's decision. "I don't support cuts from higher education," Rep. Patrice Arent said. "It is possible to balance the budget without hurting higher education or public education." Thompson said he was disappointed by the committee's decision to not fund MBA programs. "We obviously prefer to have funding for the MBA program," Thompson said. "We have a very good MBA See Tough page 3 Student Activities to restructure By Casey Cummings campus affairs editor The Signpost Weber State University students wanting to apply strictly for Student Activities Council President will find it difficult under the new bottom up selection process used this year. The new process entails selecting the 40 chair positions first. After the 40 chairs get to know each other at conferences and retreats, they will then select among themselves eight director positions. The eight directors select the president. "We are very excited about the new bottom up process of selecting student leaders," said Russ Rampton, coordinator for student organizations. "It allows the students who will be working so closely together next year to pick the people who will be leading them." There are several reasons Student Activities is trying the new selection process. First, they feel that building from the bottom invites individuals to apply who are interested in the experience and opportunity, not just the compensation. They also feel that the president will be more likely to help a chair. Another advantage is for those people wanting to apply for president but not willing to risk not getting the position and then not being involved at all. Once a person is selected as chair they have nothing to lose if not selected for a higher position. Student Activities said they also think that See Restructure page 3 1 - j:v i- i jfj vva!..'", 5 ' , r:"T' If :; -. . jit. " 7 mi . X i v n jj ' And the band played on Dixieland Jazz plays in the Junction as part of Fun Food Friday, put on by the Shepherd Union Building. Every Friday, a different band will play, and food will be offered by Sodexho, both highlighting different culures around the world. University officials unsure whether Games brought in profit By Tanna Barry editor in chief 7ie Signpost It will take several weeks for the university to know whether the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games brought a financial profit. Not only did it cost money to provide services to the new people on campus, it also cost money to not have school in session. Without students on campus, the Wilderness Recreation Center lost S8.000, and campus eating facilities like the Junction had much less business during the break. John Knight, executive director of student life, said that while Weber State University rented out areas like the residence halls, it does not know if their payments outweigh the cost. Knight also said that departments like athletics suffered because they could not use the Dee Events Center for games. "To say what our actual expenses are is hard." Knight said. "We don't know that information at this point." They do know how much money they were contracted to receive from those renting portions of campus. Both the Salt Lake Organizing Conmiitee and the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command rented out areas in the residence halls for a total of $ 1 , 1 98,236. SLOC, which rented 330 beds in Promontory Tower and the North wing of Wasatch, paid $720,720 of that total. Meanwhile. UOPSC, which rented 96 beds in the first building of the University Village and 108 beds in the South wing of Wasatch, paid $417,516. "We basically became a hotel service," Knight said. "Our maintenance people had to be here 24-7." Knight said that the maintenance people had to make beds and clean the living quarters and bathrooms in addition to changing the towels three times a week and other duties. "We did all the things you would expect from a hotel," he said. However, housing was not the only group that rented out space during the Olympics. The Lindquist Alumni Center was leased to the Northern Utah Sports Foundation during the games, and SLOC rented both the east portion of W5 and the Dee Events Center. John Kowalewski, director of media relations, said the foundation leased the Alumni Center for $ 1 ,000 a day, which came to $ 1 3,(KK). The United States Curling Association then partnered with the foundation to sponsor a hospitality facility for receptions. "They leased it for the same price it would normally be rented for." Kowalewski said. Unlike housing, Kowalewski said the alumni center did not incur any additional costs. The foundation was responsible for any costs that came up when running the center. The parking lot. w hich was rented for $8,000 plus expenses, was used as a park and ride during the games. See Profit page 3